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Bury Castle lit up

A LIGHT show exploring the town’s history was displayed at Bury Castle as part of a regional digital project.

A group of students from Bury Adult Learning Centre worked alongside a team of artists to create the show as part of The Big Digital Project, which is aimed at communities in areas of low engagement with the arts.

The group consisted of about 10 different nationalities, including people from the Iranian, Pakistani and Portuguese communities.

Artist Stephen Nuttall worked with the group for a month, alongside fellow artists Andy Mckeown and Peter Walker, to generate ideas for the show.

Bury Art Museum and The Fusilier Museum also helped the group by providing information from their archives.

The show, accompanied by audio, covered the entire front of Bury Castle.

Mr Nuttall, from Haslingden, said: “The group has created such a great piece. Obviously communication wasn’t always the best at times, but they have all done a fantastic job.

“The adults involved can take so much from this — it’s very unique and they all brought their own ideas to the table.”

Among those attending was the mother of disabled Bury youngster Joshua Wilson, while Joshua himself watched online.

The Big Digital Project was created by Let’s Go Global, a creative media organisation based in Salford’s MediaCityUK.

Comments

sorry but that is not and has never been a castle, that's another case of bury making a mountain out of a mole hill............. again!

sorry but that is not and has never been a castle, that's another case of bury making a mountain out of a mole hill............. again!radcliffelad

sorry but that is not and has never been a castle, that's another case of bury making a mountain out of a mole hill............. again!

Score: -1

Yellow Hackle
8:54am Fri 14 Mar 14

CASTLE - A large fortified building or group of buildings with thick walls,
radcliffelad, by definition it is a castle, it is castellated has thick walls and
has Troops inside and has been defended quite a few times that I can
remember when I was a Territorial at Bury, Lol

CASTLE - A large fortified building or group of buildings with thick walls,
radcliffelad, by definition it is a castle, it is castellated has thick walls and
has Troops inside and has been defended quite a few times that I can
remember when I was a Territorial at Bury, LolYellow Hackle

CASTLE - A large fortified building or group of buildings with thick walls,
radcliffelad, by definition it is a castle, it is castellated has thick walls and
has Troops inside and has been defended quite a few times that I can
remember when I was a Territorial at Bury, Lol

Score: 1

radcliffelad
9:20am Fri 14 Mar 14

so yellow hackle, you have obviously been in the building then. so have I and its still not a castle. I have been in hotels that are castellated with thick walls but are NOT castles even one called The castle!. its just an ornate building made to look like a castle. it was built long after the time when castles were needed or being built so..................
.............. NOT A CASTLE.

so yellow hackle, you have obviously been in the building then. so have I and its still not a castle. I have been in hotels that are castellated with thick walls but are NOT castles even one called The castle!. its just an ornate building made to look like a castle. it was built long after the time when castles were needed or being built so..................
.............. NOT A CASTLE.radcliffelad

so yellow hackle, you have obviously been in the building then. so have I and its still not a castle. I have been in hotels that are castellated with thick walls but are NOT castles even one called The castle!. its just an ornate building made to look like a castle. it was built long after the time when castles were needed or being built so..................
.............. NOT A CASTLE.

Score: 0

Yellow Hackle
10:42am Fri 14 Mar 14

Well! What about my House, Thats my Castle Lol

Well! What about my House, Thats my Castle LolYellow Hackle

Well! What about my House, Thats my Castle Lol

Score: 5

radcliffelad
11:54am Fri 14 Mar 14

now we are on the same page. an English mans home is his castle, but not in the case of the drill hall. lol.

now we are on the same page. an English mans home is his castle, but not in the case of the drill hall. lol.radcliffelad

now we are on the same page. an English mans home is his castle, but not in the case of the drill hall. lol.

Score: -1

buckfeed17
12:33pm Tue 18 Mar 14

the 1st thing i thought when reading the headline was "oohh, didn't even know we had a castle". Glad i'm not the only one.

the 1st thing i thought when reading the headline was "oohh, didn't even know we had a castle". Glad i'm not the only one.buckfeed17

the 1st thing i thought when reading the headline was "oohh, didn't even know we had a castle". Glad i'm not the only one.

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